rutabaga

[ roo-tuh-bey-guh, roo-tuh-bey- ]

noun
  1. a brassicaceous plant, Brassica napobrassica, having a yellow- or white-fleshed, edible tuber.

  2. the edible tuber, a variety of turnip.

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Origin of rutabaga

1
1790–1800, Americanism;<Swedish (dial.) rotabagge

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British Dictionary definitions for rutabaga

rutabaga

/ (ˌruːtəˈbeɪɡə) /


noun
  1. US and Canadian a Eurasian plant, Brassica napus (or B. napobrassica), cultivated for its bulbous edible root, which is used as a vegetable and as cattle fodder: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)

  2. the root of this plant

Origin of rutabaga

1
C18: from Swedish dialect rotabagge, literally: root bag
  • Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): swede

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